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Entries for January 19, 2007

Can the "Seattle Democrats" Save Globalization?

January 19, 2007 02:20 PM ET |

What a missed opportunity. Democrats recently chose Denver over New York as the site of their 2008 national convention. They should have picked Seattle; it would have been an apt symbolic choice. Back in 1999, the Emerald City was the site of massive antiglobalization riots outside a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Among antiglobalization groups, the clash is known as the "Battle in Seattle."

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